At this time of year, nothing is better than taking time to help kids smile. Monty Roberts and his wife Pat, raised 47 foster kids during their 60 year marriage so they were happy to hear that the annual Horse Radio Network (HRN) Radiothon decided to champion the cause of foster kids at Christmas this year.
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Monty Roberts and his wife Pat have raised 47 foster kids, so they were happy to hear that the annual Horse Radio Network Radiothon decided to champion the cause of foster kids at Christmas this year.
© 2017 by Monty and Pat Roberts
Jamie Massey Jennings, co-host of Horse In the Morning suggested an organization, HCKids.org, who are doing a good job of foster care and adoption. Before the 12 hour Radiothon was over $2,727 was raised for Christmas gifts for the kids in foster care.
Monty’s Horsemanship Radio Hour has earned a reputation for bringing on some fascinating guests in past Radiothons. The first year the Radiothon was launched, it was the Horsemanship Radio Hour that overloaded the server with listeners and callers in to the Bob Baffert interview just after he won the Triple Crown as trainer for American Pharoah.
It had been 37 years since Affirmed won the elusive Triple Crown and listeners wanted to hear how much the milestone meant to this accomplished trainer. Baffert didn’t disappoint. The full interview can be heard here http://www.horsemanshipradio.com/2015/12/15/horsemanship-radio-episode-54-by-index-fund-advisors-ifa-com-american-pharoah-trainer-bob-baffert-last-chance-mustang-author-bornstein-trailer-loading-tip-from-lee-hanssen/
This year Roberts brought in star power with Olympian Boyd Martin, an international three-day eventer representing the USA.
The pair spoke of training horses and meeting soon at the Master Series upcoming in January at Galway Downs in Temecula, California https://us.westcoastdressagefestival.com/temecula-ca-january-6-2017-general-admission/
The Radiothon interview can be heard here http://radiothon.horseradionetwork.com/ and the full interview will be posted on February 1, 2018 on HorsemanshipRadio.com
In keeping with Roberts’ efforts to make a difference in the lives of the American Mustang breed, he invited mustang owner and advocate, actress Wendie Malick to share her ultimate wish for Christmas.
She enthusiastically supported Monty’s wish to create more efficacious ways to educate the public and to control the populations through birth control.
Keith Dane of the HSUS was also on to give the state of the numbers and needs of the Bureau of Land Management herds. The entire interview will be posted on February 1, 2018 on HorsemanshipRadio.com
American Professional Polo Player Nic Roldan also added to the hour by sharing his wishes this year for the ultimate horsey Christmas gift. He phoned in from Argentina to add to the celebrity heavy weight of the hour.
Title sponsors of the Horsemanship Radio show are Omega Fields who support the podcast which airs on the first and the fifteenth of every month. Show sponsors are Cavallo Hoofboots and MontyRobertsUniversity.com
Glenn and Jenn Hebert, founders of the Horse Radio Network managed to mount this huge undertaking of more than 24 Equestrian Guests, hundreds of callers, and over $4,000 in prizes for the third year in a row. All the recorded shows can be found here http://radiothon.horseradionetwork.com/
MONTY ROBERTS first gained widespread fame with the release of his New York Times Best Selling book, The Man Who Listens To Horses; a chronicle of his life and development of his non-violent horse training methods called Join-Up®. Monty grew up on a working horse farm as a firsthand witness to traditional, often violent methods of horse training and breaking the spirit with an abusive hand. Rejecting that, he went on to win nine world's championships in the show ring. Today, Monty's goal is to share his message that "Violence is never the answer." Roberts has been encouraged by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the award of the Membership in The Royal Victorian Order, as well as becoming Patron of Join-Up International. Other honors received were the ASPCA "Founders" award and the MSPCA George T. Angell Humanitarian Award. Monty was recently included as Horse and Hound Magazine’s Top 50 Horsemen of All Time. Roberts is credited with launching the first of its kind Equus Online University; an interactive online lesson site that is the definitive learning tool for violence-free training.
JOIN-UP philosophies can be seen at work with both humans and horses across the world, from farms to major corporations. To learn more about Monty Roberts or the many applications of his Join-Up training methods, visit www.montyroberts.com . Horse Sense and Soldiers aired on Discovery Military highlighting the therapeutic effect that horses and Monty Roberts' Join-Up® have on PTSD (Monty prefers Post Traumatic Stress Injury - PTSI). Monty developed his Horse Sense and Healing program for military and first responder personnel with stress injuries detailed here http://www.join-up.org/veterans.html
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